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DONALD S. LUCAS

What you are about to read is not fiction but plain, cold, hard fact. And I would suggest that if you do not want to see yourself as you really are, not as you would like others to think you are, then you had better not go any further. But if you have some coutage, a lot of intestinal fortitude, and are not afraid of the facts then by all means continue reading.

I might preface the following accounts by saying that I have been working with people who have problems for more than fifteen years. I have been working with the Mattachine Society for over eight years. I have listened to practically every type of life history that you could find. I am proud of the fact that I have been able to help many of those people not only to help themselves but to be better able to get along in this crazy mixed-up world we all live in.

You are probably wondering what this has to do with you or why it even appears here. It is simple. It is hoped that when you have finished reading this, that you will take a few moments of your time and ask yourself, "Does any of this pertain to me? Am I one of these people he speaks of? If I am, maybe I had better take a better look at myself and do something about it for a change instead of just thinking about it."

You know one of the first and basic needs that one must have when one is working with someone who has a problem is that that someone must want to be able to belp bimself. I might even say that before that he must ask for belp. When he has asked for help and then when he has a desire to help himself there is nothing can stand in his way. He will get the help he is seeking and will profit by it. However if he already knows all the answers, is not willing to change his views in any other way or is merely seeking a confirmation of what he has already made up his mind on, then he might as well 13